CHAMPION: Peterman/Gallant Wins 2019 China Open Mixed Doubles

Jocelyn Peterman/Brett Gallant (Winnipeg, CAN) won 6-5 over Sarah Anderson/Korey Dropkin (Minneapolis, USA) in the Final of the China Open Mixed Doubles, held June 23 - 27, 2019 in Hebei, China. To advance to the championship game, Peterman/Gallant won 1-0 over Johanna Heldin/Kristian Lindstroem (Stockholm, SWE) in the semifinals of the 2019 China Open Mixed Doubles in Hebei, China; and won 9-3 over Angela Romei/Joel Retornaz (Pinerolo, ITA) in the quarterfinals. of the 2019 China Open Mixed Doubles in Hebei, China;

Peterman/Gallant finished 3-2 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Peterman/Gallant defeated Hyeji Jang/Yujin Seong (Uiseong, KOR) 9-6, then went on to lose 10-7 against Marie Turmann/Harri Lill (Tallinn, EST). Peterman/Gallant lost 5-4 to Heldin/Lindstroem where Peterman/Gallant responded with a 12-9 win over Dorottya Palancsa/Zsolt Kiss (Budapest, HUN). Peterman/Gallant won 11-3 against Chang Cao/Mingjie Yuan (Beijing, CHN) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the China Open Mixed Doubles Championship title, Peterman/Gallant earned 55.289 world rankings points along with the $28,560CDN first prize cheque. Peterman/Gallant gained 113.101 points improving upon their best 2 events, though dropped 667 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 667thplace overall with 113.101 total points. Peterman/Gallant ranks 1st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 55.290 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

Stefania Constantini and Amos Mosaner (Photo: Stephen Fisher/World Curling) claim Italy's first World Mixed Doubles Championship crown.

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